WEIN / BACKSTAGE Group Acquires Webinar Marketing Company CLOUD WIN, Making It a Group Company
WEIN / BACKSTAGE Group announced the acquisition of CLOUD WIN, a company specializing in webinar and SNS marketing, integrating it into their group. This strategic move is part of WEIN / BACKSTAGE's accelerated M&A efforts in 2026, aiming to fortify its business foundation and significantly boost corporate value by leveraging CLOUD WIN's comprehensive marketing capabilities across its community and school businesses.
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WEIN / BACKSTAGE Group (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Yuji Mizoguchi, hereinafter "the Company") announces that it has acquired and made CLOUD WIN Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Riku Obara, hereinafter "CLOUD WIN"), which handles webinar marketing and SNS marketing, a group company.
The Company will further accelerate its M&A strategy in 2026, and has already decided on multiple M&A deals. We will continue to position M&A as a core element of our important growth strategy, aiming to dramatically improve corporate value by further strengthening and expanding our business foundation.
[Background]
The Company has so far been working to create mechanisms to support the growth of individuals and companies, while developing diverse businesses including entertainment and program production. Leveraging the content planning ability, production ability, and experience in building customer touchpoints cultivated in each business, we continue to evolve into a system that continuously generates value, not just providing one-time services.
In the webinar and conference domain, we not only hold events but also position them as important touchpoints for deepening relationships with customers, and we are consistently involved from planning to operation. This leads to new customer acquisition, strengthening relationships with existing customers, and improving brand value. Further strengthening this area is an important theme for our company.
CLOUD WIN provides SNS marketing (operation agency, advertising operation, influencer measures) and webinar marketing (planning, operation, and customer acquisition support for corporate webinars, and hosting/operation of online conferences) consistently by a single company. The system where the same team designs and executes everything from awareness acquisition through SNS to business negotiation through webinars has established a unique position in the specialized marketing support industry.
Through this group participation, we will leverage CLOUD WIN's webinar and conference operation functions, primarily for our community business and school business. Specifically, we will further enhance the quality of planning and operation of member seminars, events for management communities, and conferences for students.
Moving forward, we will continue to expand our business domain by combining multiple strengths, without being limited by existing business frameworks, thereby contributing to the growth of more individuals and companies, and achieving sustainable growth as a group.
**Comment from CLOUD WIN CEO Riku Obara:**
This time, I decided to join WEIN / BACKSTAGE Group. The biggest decisive factor was my deep empathy for Representative Mizoguchi's vision and attitude of continuously creating new value for society beyond existing frameworks, under the mission of "Challenging this country again." I am convinced that walking with colleagues who share the same aspirations is the most significant path to accelerate our growth. Moving forward, as a member of the group, I will fully contribute to further advancing the marketing support domain that integrates SNS and webinars, and to the evolution of the entire group's ecosystem.
**Comment from Our CEO Yuji Mizoguchi:**
CLOUD WIN is a rare marketing support company in Japan that consistently provides both SNS marketing and webinar marketing, which are usually handled separately, in-house.
The execution ability and results creation ability accumulated through transactions with over 200 client companies will undoubtedly become an asset that strongly pushes the business growth of our group. By combining this with our company's SNS influence, school business, and community base, the possibilities for both companies will expand many times over. We will work together to expand our challenge areas and fully commit to creating new value.
**About CLOUD WIN CEO Riku Obara:**
Born in 1996 in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
After graduating from a university in Kanagawa Prefecture, he worked for two IT companies before becoming independent at the age of 24, focusing on regional revitalization projects.
In December 2021, he founded the web marketing business that is currently his main focus.
In November 2022, he established CLOUD WIN Co., Ltd. and assumed the position of Representative Director and CEO.
He has built unique business models that capture the needs of the times, such as SNS operation support including "SNS WINNER," influencer promotions, and webinar BPO service "LIVE RUNNER."
In 2025, as an expansion of existing businesses, he launched unique services such as the online conference service "RUNNER EXPO" and fully performance-based SNS operation support.
Currently, in its "second founding period," the company is focusing on product development related to existing businesses and organizational structuring, and is building a stronger business development in collaboration with WEIN / BACKSTAGE.
The Company will further accelerate its M&A strategy in 2026, and has already decided on multiple M&A deals. We will continue to position M&A as a core element of our important growth strategy, aiming to dramatically improve corporate value by further strengthening and expanding our business foundation.
[Background]
The Company has so far been working to create mechanisms to support the growth of individuals and companies, while developing diverse businesses including entertainment and program production. Leveraging the content planning ability, production ability, and experience in building customer touchpoints cultivated in each business, we continue to evolve into a system that continuously generates value, not just providing one-time services.
In the webinar and conference domain, we not only hold events but also position them as important touchpoints for deepening relationships with customers, and we are consistently involved from planning to operation. This leads to new customer acquisition, strengthening relationships with existing customers, and improving brand value. Further strengthening this area is an important theme for our company.
CLOUD WIN provides SNS marketing (operation agency, advertising operation, influencer measures) and webinar marketing (planning, operation, and customer acquisition support for corporate webinars, and hosting/operation of online conferences) consistently by a single company. The system where the same team designs and executes everything from awareness acquisition through SNS to business negotiation through webinars has established a unique position in the specialized marketing support industry.
Through this group participation, we will leverage CLOUD WIN's webinar and conference operation functions, primarily for our community business and school business. Specifically, we will further enhance the quality of planning and operation of member seminars, events for management communities, and conferences for students.
Moving forward, we will continue to expand our business domain by combining multiple strengths, without being limited by existing business frameworks, thereby contributing to the growth of more individuals and companies, and achieving sustainable growth as a group.
**Comment from CLOUD WIN CEO Riku Obara:**
This time, I decided to join WEIN / BACKSTAGE Group. The biggest decisive factor was my deep empathy for Representative Mizoguchi's vision and attitude of continuously creating new value for society beyond existing frameworks, under the mission of "Challenging this country again." I am convinced that walking with colleagues who share the same aspirations is the most significant path to accelerate our growth. Moving forward, as a member of the group, I will fully contribute to further advancing the marketing support domain that integrates SNS and webinars, and to the evolution of the entire group's ecosystem.
**Comment from Our CEO Yuji Mizoguchi:**
CLOUD WIN is a rare marketing support company in Japan that consistently provides both SNS marketing and webinar marketing, which are usually handled separately, in-house.
The execution ability and results creation ability accumulated through transactions with over 200 client companies will undoubtedly become an asset that strongly pushes the business growth of our group. By combining this with our company's SNS influence, school business, and community base, the possibilities for both companies will expand many times over. We will work together to expand our challenge areas and fully commit to creating new value.
**About CLOUD WIN CEO Riku Obara:**
Born in 1996 in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
After graduating from a university in Kanagawa Prefecture, he worked for two IT companies before becoming independent at the age of 24, focusing on regional revitalization projects.
In December 2021, he founded the web marketing business that is currently his main focus.
In November 2022, he established CLOUD WIN Co., Ltd. and assumed the position of Representative Director and CEO.
He has built unique business models that capture the needs of the times, such as SNS operation support including "SNS WINNER," influencer promotions, and webinar BPO service "LIVE RUNNER."
In 2025, as an expansion of existing businesses, he launched unique services such as the online conference service "RUNNER EXPO" and fully performance-based SNS operation support.
Currently, in its "second founding period," the company is focusing on product development related to existing businesses and organizational structuring, and is building a stronger business development in collaboration with WEIN / BACKSTAGE.